out. >> it is on display but i think the magna carta is in the old british library. it was on display in the same room with letters from the beatles. it is no shrine. it is just there. not the same veneration. >> i agree with most of what has been said. ours is the first constitutional republic that can trace its founding back to a single document, the declaration of independence. that is unique. you are right, it is a shrine. think about what these documents are. they are certainly artifacts, protected in humidity proof cases, the national archives has computed digital computer that can monitor inch by inch the condition of these parchments so they are certainly artifacts. they are symbols as well, very strong symbols of the founding of the country and what does unite us which is in large part of our history and those documents and right there working documents, the declaration of independence, trace the principles of the underpinnings of the democracy to a single paragraph that all men are created equal with unalienable rights, life, liberty and the pursuit of happ

he bought ross perot's copy of the 1297 magna carta. just months before i arrived on the scene, he was the first person to welcome me to washington. his office is close by. he graduated from duke university, where i was the librarian. he checked with the president to make sure that i was a credible person to be taking care of his magna carta. he has been incredibly supportive ever since. but never pressure in terms of how we displayed more making decisions for us. susan: what has a simple donor like that made to the smithsonian? >> final talk about the more general case. my colleagues can agree that philanthropic fundraising is a bit of a dance. you bring together someone with , and a passion for something or other. you try to match that up with a priority that the institution has. one thing about david rubenstein is that he has a broad range of things he is interested in. he is very interested in history. not only historical documents, but he is a voracious reader of history. he knows a lot of things. as a ensure you know. when you see

rights of man which are the joint inheritance of the english speaking world, and which through magna carta the bill of rights, the habeas corpus, trial by jury and the english common law finds their most famous expression in the declaration of independence. it is my honor and privilege to stand before you today in this great city of philadelphia to be claimed again and to join hands as we pick up that mane as we pf leadership once more, to renew our special relationship and to recommit ourselves to the responsibility of leadership in the modern world. it is my honor and privilege to do so at this time, as don breaks on a new era of american renewal i speak you not just as prime minister of the united kingdom but as a fellow conservative who believes in the same principle that the agenda of our party, the value of liberty, the dignity of work, the principles of nationhood, family, economic prudence, patriotism and putting power in the hands of the people. principles instilled in me from a young age. principles my parents taught me in southern england where i was raised. i know it is the pri

his, he bought ross perot's copy of the 1297 magna carta, and just months before i arrived on the scene, he was the first person to welcome me to washington, his office is close by. he graduated from duke university, where i was the librarian, so he had checked with the president there to check me out and make sure that i was a credible person to be taken care of his magna carta, and he's been incredibly supportive ever since. but never pressure in terms of how we display or making decisions for us. >> what has a single donor like that meant to the smithsonian? >> i'm going to back up a bit and talk more about the general case. i think my colleagues would agree with me, flanphilanthropic fund raise something a sort of dance. you bring someone with capacity, doesn't have to be huge capacity but a capacity and a passion for something or other and then you try to match that up with some priority that the institution has and when those things come together it's a beautiful dance. one of the things about david rubenstein he's very interested in history, not only collecting historical documen

lord manns hasjust finished speaking and said that the magna carta finished speaking and said that thee needs to go back to court. mr belhaj says he is determined to sue, he does not wa nt is determined to sue, he does not want quiet compensation out of court, he says hejust want quiet compensation out of court, he says he just wants an admission from the uk that it was mixed up in complicity in his detention. does he want that apology from this current conservative government, from jack straw of labour, then the foreign secretary responsible for mi6, who did the tipping off? in essence he wants the apology from everyone. the way these things work is that jack straw was the minister at the time. when this goes to the high court, and i apologise for some of the noise around here at the moment, when it goes to the high court they will have to look at whatever the allegations are and whatever the allegations are and whatever evidence there may or may not be about the director role of mr straw and the alleged direct role of a former mi6 official called sir mark allen. as two individuals ar

he bought ross perot's copy of the magna carta. just months before i arrived on the scene, he was the first person to welcome me to washington. he graduated from two university. he checked with the president to make sure that i was a credible person. he has been incredibly supportive &. but never pressure in terms of how we display or make decisions for us. what has a simple donor like that made to the smithsonian? my colleagues can agree that philanthropic fundraising is a bit of a dance. a passionapacity and for something or other. you want to match them up with priorities. one thing about david rubenstein is that he hasn't brought things he is ranges -- he has a broad range of things he is interested in. reader ofracious history. when you see him do an interview, he has no notes and manages to take it from memory. partner.en a terrific e wants to do what the institution finds to be a high priority. to give him credit for beyond the three of us sitting here, he does the same for the american people through monuments and memorials

and which, through magna carta, the bill of rights, the happiest corpus, trial by carta, the bill of carta, the bill of rights, the happiest corpus, trial byjury and the english common law, find their most famous declaration —— expression in the american declaration of independence. so it is my honour and privilege to stand before you today in the great city of philadelphia, to proclaim them again. tojoin of philadelphia, to proclaim them again. to join hands, of philadelphia, to proclaim them again. tojoin hands, as we pick up the mantle of leadership once more. to renew our special relationship and to recommit ourselves to the responsibility of leadership in the modern world. and it is my honour and privilege to do so at this time as dawn breaks on a new era of american renewal. for i speak to you, not just as american renewal. for i speak to you, notjust as prime minister of the united kingdom, but as a fellow conservative who believes in the same principles that underpinned the gender of your party. the value of liberty, the dignity of work, the principles of nationhood, family,

there's a much older tradition in western politics that since the magna carta in 1215 centered on the rights of individuals against arbitrary arrests, sensorsh sensorshcentur sensorship, et cetera. they were eventually protected not just from the abuse of a tyrant but also from democratic ma jjoritie majorities. the bill of rights is a list of things that democratic majorities cannot do. liberty and law on the one hand and popular participation on the other became intertwined became liberal democracy. it was clear that in a number of countries from hungary from russia to turkey to iraq to the fe philippines, the two strands have come apart. liberty is under siege. many of the countries adopted fine constitutions, followed best practices from the advanced world. in the end liberal democracy was erodesed any way. you see it turns out that what sustains democracy is not legal safety guards and rules but norms and practices, democratic behavior. this culture of liberal democracy is waning in the united states. the founding fathers were skeptical of democracy itself and conceived of americ

and through the magna carta, trial by jury and the english common law finds their most famous expressionn the american declaration of independence. [applause] so it is my honor and privilege to stand before you today in this great city of philadelphia to proclaim them again, to join hands as we pick up that mantel of leadership once more, to renew our special relationship and to recommit ourselves to the responsibility of leadership in the modern world. and it is my honor and privilege to do so at this time as dawn breaks on a new american renewal. i speak to you not just as prime minister of the united kingdom, but as a fellow conservative who believes in the same principles that underpin the agenda of your party. the value of liberty. the dignity of work. the principles of nationhood, family, economic province, patriotism and putting power in the hands of the people. principles instilled in me from a young age, principles my parents taught me in england where i was raised. i know it's these principles that you have put at the heart of your plan for government and your victory in these

and which through magna carta, identify habeas corpus, trial by jury and english common-law defines ouramous expression in the american declaration of independence. [ applause ] so, it is my honor and privilege, to stand before you today, in this great city of philadelphia, to reclaim them again. to join hands, as we pick up that mantel of leadership once more. to renew our special relationship. and to recommit ourselves to the responsibility of leadership in the modern world. it is my honor and privilege to do so at this time, as dawn breaks on a new eraf america's renewal. so, speak to you not just as prime minister of the united kingdom, but as a fellow conservative who believes in the same principles that under pin the agenda of your party. the value and dignity of work, family, economics, put in the power of the hands of people. principles instilled in me at a young age, principles my parents taught me in the vicarage of which i was raised. i know it's these principles that you'll put in the heart of the plans of your government. and your victory in this election gives you an oppor

the supreme court said today that it is not having that, because the magna court —— magna carta saysshould be detained in a allegations are serious and. joining me now is a representative of the human rights organisation reprieve. you have been working with mr belhaj‘s y for many yea rs. working with mr belhaj‘s y for many years. what is your reaction? working with mr belhaj‘s y for many years. what is your reaction7m working with mr belhaj‘s y for many years. what is your reaction? it is a resounding win for mr belhaj and his wife, 7—0 in favour of the idea ofjustice and his wife, 7—0 in favour of the idea of justice and a his wife, 7—0 in favour of the idea ofjustice and a trial for this family. that was a unanimous judgment from the justices. exactly, they agreed that the family should have a trial over these issues and that it was vital that they have a trial. 0n the eve of the cupboard ministry, a man who has promised to bring back torture, it is not a moment too soon —— on the eve of the trump administration. for many yea rs, trump administration. for many years, there have bee

the country has the magna carta of crooked politicians. >> you're referring to the supreme court casehat says you have to show the motivations for the quid pro co- >> that's not enough. what you must show is the quid pro quo governed an official act. bob mcdonnell arranged a series of meetings for someone who gave him a fancy watch and crass. even that's not enough. >> how have we come so far from when tom daschle, who was very popular, that his nomination was scuttled for hhs. >> donald trump is obviously flouting all norms. i think there's little shame when it comes to this stuff. his own attitude is, as long as it's legal and we're not breaking the law, then what i'm doing is okay. in the tom price -- even if it's legal, it's mind-boggling that you can be responsible for introducing legislation that your broker is able to invest in companies -- he is responsible for medical issues, health care. how is it possible that there isn't a rule against that? tech reporters would not allow -- >> there isn't a rule against this and he did not break any laws. you're saying he should be -- tha

we had essentially the bill of rights, magna carta, no taxation without representation within each of our states, but we had the experience, trials and elections, and no european country except england itself had elections, -- so we had enormous experience, advantage. when the french began their revolution, they had not had a meeting of these since 1614, so nobody alive had any experience. it is no reason that the french revolution went crazy. so in that sense, we were blessed. the egyptians had no experience, really. they had elected mubarak. they were always phony elections. the only election in egypt's modern history was where they elected morsi. that was the fairest election they had, and it turned out to bring you the guys that most people do not like. he is a muslim brotherhood man. it was a fair election, but that was the majority not treating the minority well. there were a lot of secular minded people that was frightened by that, and there was fighting in the streets and insecurity. that is what they left behind. it was an impossible situation. the arab spring was so hopeful

rights of man, which are the joint inheritance of the english—speaking world, and which, through magna cartaan declaration of independence. —— most famous expression. so, it is my honour and privilege to stand before you today in this great city of philadelphia, to proclaim them again, tojoin hands as we pick up that mantle of leadership once more, to renew our special relationship and to re—commit ourselves to the responsibility leadership in the modern world. and it is my honour and privilege to do so at this time, as dawn breaks on a new era in america. for i speak to you notjust as prime minister of the united kingdom, but as a fellow conservative, who believes in the same principles that underpin the agenda of your party. the value of liberty, the dignity of work, the principles of nationhood, family, economic prudence, patriotism and putting power in the hands of the people. principles instilled in me from a young age, principles my pa rents from a young age, principles my parents taught me in the vicarage in southern england in which i was raised. and i know it is these principles tha

rights of man which are the joint inheritance of the english-speaking world, and which through magna carta, the bill of rights, the habeas corpus, trial by jury and the english common law finds their most famous expression in the american declaration of independence. [applause] so it is my honor and privilege to stand before you today in this great city of philadelphia, to proclaim them again, to join hands as we pick up that mantle of leadership once more, to renew our special relationship and to recommit ourselves to the responsibility of leadership in the modern world. and it is my honor and privilege to do so at this time as dawn breaks on a new era of american renewal. for i speak to you not just as prime minister of the united kingdom, buts a fellow conservative, who believes in the same principles that underpin the agenda of your party. the value of liberty, the dignity of work, the principles of nationhood, family, economic prudence, patriotism, and putting power in the hands of the people. principles instilled in me from a young age. principles my parent taught me in the viicorage

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they are the magna carta of basketball.on your show in the next edition of "strange inheritance," i take it? >> that will be tonight at 9:00. there's two episodes, that and one about a dinosaur park, a man who abandoned his career as an accountant to build dinosaurs. but the basketball episode is really special. this is a family that not only wanted to share their inheritance, but also make sure as many people who love sports know that it started by tossing a ball in a peach basket. stuart: ah, there you go. >> and it ended with a global sport and an olympic sport at that. stuart: jamie, thanks very much for joining us. see you tonight. more "varney" after this. . . stuart: to say it was action-packed monday, is understatement. we had a market selloff to boot. my time is up, but, neil, sir, the time is yours. neil: when all said and done possibility the tax cuts are delayed, if they come at all is unnerving these guys. stuart: i think so. neil: we're looking at a continued selloff here. there are a lot of factors. get this

sort of take the magna carta but that's me. >> i tried to get it for you.nd the original rules of basketball, two sheets of paper that actually launched the game when it used to be played in peach baskets. you will love that one. neil: wow. >> we have puppets that sing opera, that are really valuable. even a priceless penny. i'm bringing you it all, starting friday, january 20th at 10:00 p.m. neil, you know what? the thing i'm the proudest of, more than a third of the stories in our 28 episodes coming in season three, came from you guys, the viewers. i love showing up at your house. it's a privilege to meet the families. neil: i worried about your safety, when someone says, come down into the basement, i will show you. i was worried for you. >> the handcuff collection, neil? the handcuffs, the john brown shackles? they sold well and that family did very well. and it was interesting. we learned, we learned a lot this year. i have the best crew ever. neil: does the crew go down with you? they never let you alone. jamie, do not go down in the basement with tha

some call it the magna carta for hoops. one of the most valuable pieces you can find anywhere.he host is jamie colby and she is here. what's the story this time? good morning. >> good morning. this is a great story. i know you love sports. we have the super bowl coming up. this is where basketball truly began with one man who wanted the make young men into better men through sports. so he was in springfield, massachusetts, tacked up the 13 rules. they are so different now. we have over 300 rules in the nba game and so it was a really simple beginning that exploded and went global and to the olympics and so many people benefited by this -- these two pages entrusted with a family who guarded it with their life. they have one scare you'll see in the episode tonight where they thought they lost the rules. now the rules are home, back at the university of kansas, and i and my crew got to see them up close and you will, too, all the viewers tonight get a sneak peek at what so many people have never before seen. >> bill: you have to give these guys something to do, right? they had to

to negotiate a free trade agreement bilaterally to the united states and our cousins in britain, magna carta 2.0. this shows you trump's motive, very important. he doesn't want big deals with multinational governments but bilateral deals that can be enforced. >> takes a lot of time. jim paulson is still here. >> patient. >> you're an investor. strip the politics a little bit out of it. if you're buying a stock, have you ever thought and said, hmm. i like this stock. maybe it's a pharma, but, man, the president could tweet out something or summon the ceo to the white house and i'm toast. >> yeah. he creates a little bit of that risk. >> does that go into your thinking at all? or do you just say if it happens, it happens? i've just got to go on with what i know? >> it's actively small in the aggregate, for the market as a whole. he's not likely to tweet out something that impact the whole market, brian. you have to be somewhat concerned in sector specific bets or even separate name bets that he may take a stand against a stock that you're involved with. and what has been the case thus far, as